Medical Warehouse Military

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The Military Medical Warehouse is one of the key links in the healthcare and military medicine system. He is responsible for the storage and distribution of all necessary medical supplies, equipment and medicines required to provide emergency medical care in emergency situations.

History of the creation of a military medical warehouse

1. The first warehouses appeared in the 17th century. They were used to store medicine, food, medical equipment and clothing for wounded soldiers. 2. In the 18th century, a system of warehouses was created, which became the basis for the creation of modern military medical warehouses. 3. In the second half of the 19th century, special military hospitals were created to treat wounded and sick soldiers. Warehouses played an important role in running these hospitals and keeping them operational. 4. In the 20th century, military medical warehouses became one of the main parts of the country's medical service. They were created to ensure effective medical care on the fronts of World War II. 5. Today, medical warehouses are key elements of the system for protecting people’s health and lives.

Tasks and functions of a military medical warehouse

The main tasks of the military medical warehouse are as follows:

6. Storage and accounting of all necessary supplies of medicines, medical devices and equipment, as well as consumables for the provision of medical care; 7. Ensuring the availability and timely distribution of these materials; 8. Accounting and control over the quality and expiration dates of all goods stored in the warehouse; 9. Organization of transportation and delivery of medicines, devices and other medical equipment needed in emergency situations.

In addition, the military medical warehouse has the following functions: * Maintenance and repair of medical equipment in the warehouse and other medical facilities. * Market analysis of medical products and equipment to continuously improve the quality and efficiency of services. * Search and selection of modern and innovative technologies and solutions for medical care. * Participation in medical exhibitions and conferences to exchange experience and information. It should be noted that the military medical warehouse is a key link in the system of providing medical care to our military personnel and people under our protection. That is why it is necessary to ensure the effective functioning of this important element.

**Military medical warehouse** - sanitary and medical facilities for the accumulation of certain supplies, temporarily located on the territory of military units (institutions, military educational institutions and organizations of the RF Armed Forces), as well as outside these units and intended for equipping formations (echelons) with medical service when performing tasks in peacetime and wartime.

**The main purpose of military medical facilities at all levels is to ensure the constant readiness of medical units to provide the fastest possible medical assistance to the personnel of the RF Armed Forces and the civilian population in the event of emergencies of various nature (natural, man-made disasters, the occurrence of mass infectious, non-infectious diseases, internal unrest in certain regions of the country).**

The organizational structure of managing a military medical warehouse includes: the commandant of the facility (head of the warehouse); department (room) for storing medical property; a separate group (brigade) of conscripted military personnel responsible for receiving and issuing (loading and unloading) property.

The tasks of the medical warehouse are the timely and complete satisfaction of medical service units with material and technical resources to solve specific problems of daily (combat, special) activities, taking into account the daily cost of storing and issuing the entire range of equipment to all categories of medical personnel for the entire time the units are present at the point ( place) permanent deployment or for exit to the field (repair shops).

The construction of military sanitary warehouses is advisable on vacant land plots under the guise of capital construction projects with the subsequent use of former barracks buildings of a military camp to house medical service units, warehouses for medical equipment, etc., which makes it possible to create new premises for military sanitary warehouses and increase their area .